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Milan set to strengthen scudetto hopes with victory over Fiorentina

AC Milan vs Fiorentina - 01/05/2022

29/04/22
Milan set to strengthen scudetto hopes with victory over Fiorentina
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Following Inter Milan’s midweek slip-up, AC Milan remain in control of the Serie A title race. On Sunday, the league leaders welcome Fiorentina to the San Siro.

With four games remaining this season, Milan find themselves two points clear of second-place Inter. Furthermore, they are seven points ahead of third-place Napoli.

Meanwhile, Fiorentina occupy seventh place – level with sixth-place Napoli on 56 points. It is worth noting that La Viola trail Milan by 18 points.

Milan head into Sunday’s clash on the back of a vital 2-1 win against Lazio. Despite falling behind after just four minutes, second-half goals from Olivier Giroud and Sandro Tonali turned things around.

The title chasers have now avoided defeat in each of their last 12 Serie A games, picking up seven wins and five draws in the process.

When you look at the bigger picture, they have lost just one of their previous 16 league outings – securing ten wins and five draws along the way.

Only one team – Inter Milan – has conceded fewer goals than Milan this term. That tells you everything you need to know about their defensive solidity.

As for Fiorentina, they come into this clash on a two-game losing run in Serie A. Worse still, they have lost each of their last three games across all competitions.

After losing 2-0 to Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, they suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to relegation-threatened Salernitana before going down 4-0 to Udinese on Wednesday.

Although La Viola have enjoyed a positive season, despite losing Dusan Vlahovic midway through the campaign, they are in danger of finishing on a bad run.

Given that both teams have scored in all of Fiorentina’s previous six away outings in Serie A, we should see plenty of action on Sunday.

Head-to-head: In the reverse fixture back in November, Fiorentina claimed a hectic 4-3 victory over Milan.

However, La Viola have only managed to win one of their last four meetings with Milan – conceding over 1.5 goals on two occasions in that time.

Team news: AC Milan look set to be without the injured duo of Simon Kjaer and Alessandro Florenzi this weekend.

Meanwhile, Fiorentina are still missing midfielder Gaetano Castrovilli as he continues his recovery from knee surgery.

Milan should have enough firepower to overcome Fiorentina and extend their unbeaten streak in Serie A to 13 games on Sunday.

Forebet predicts that Milan will score over 1.5 goals on their way to overcoming La Viola.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
It1
443224
1
2 - 1
2.63
20°
1.70
1.70 3.60 5.25 no no no
FT
1 - 0(0 - 0)
-
- - -
Serie A Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Inter 89 35 28 5 2 62
2
Milan 70 34 21 7 6 25
3
Juventus 65 34 18 11 5 21
4
Bologna 64 35 17 13 5 22
5
Roma 59 34 17 8 9 20
6
Atalanta 57 33 17 6 10 24
7
Lazio 56 35 17 5 13 8
8
Fiorentina 50 33 14 8 11 13
9
Napoli 50 34 13 11 10 9
10
Torino 47 35 11 14 10 0
11
Monza 45 35 11 12 12 -8
12
Genoa 42 34 10 12 12 -2
13
Lecce 36 34 8 12 14 -18
14
Cagliari 32 34 7 11 16 -23
15
Frosinone 31 34 7 10 17 -20
16
Hellas Verona 31 34 7 10 17 -14
17
Empoli 31 34 8 7 19 -24
18
Udinese 29 34 4 17 13 -19
19
Sassuolo 29 35 7 8 20 -29
20
Salernitana 15 34 2 9 23 -47

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